JAMES MCCABE, NO. 3157
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A VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS QUARTER STRIKING GIANT CARRIAGE CLOCK
James McCabe, No. 3157
The five pillar twin chain fusee movement with maintaining power, flat blued steel hairspring to the cut bimetallic compensated balance with large gilt underslung lever platform, the backplate signed James McCabe London 3157 with the hour and quarter strike on two gongs and with hand adjustment and strike/silent lever, the gilt dial finely engraved with intricate scrolling foliage, signed James McCabe Royal Exchange London 3157 in a cartouche beneath the Roman chapter ring with blued steel fleur-de-lys hands and subsidiary seconds at XII, the case of typical McCabe form with strong concave mouldings and reeded S-form handle, the backplate with shuttered handset and winding holes, regulation slide engraved slow/fast and slide for strike/silent; original numbered winding key
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
James McCabe, No. 3157
The five pillar twin chain fusee movement with maintaining power, flat blued steel hairspring to the cut bimetallic compensated balance with large gilt underslung lever platform, the backplate signed James McCabe London 3157 with the hour and quarter strike on two gongs and with hand adjustment and strike/silent lever, the gilt dial finely engraved with intricate scrolling foliage, signed James McCabe Royal Exchange London 3157 in a cartouche beneath the Roman chapter ring with blued steel fleur-de-lys hands and subsidiary seconds at XII, the case of typical McCabe form with strong concave mouldings and reeded S-form handle, the backplate with shuttered handset and winding holes, regulation slide engraved slow/fast and slide for strike/silent; original numbered winding key
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high